This week, Scafell were learning all about how to create dens with tarps, ropes and pegs. The first challenge involved making a taut ridgeline to support the tent. We explored different ways to create anchor and tension knots; we carefully chose the locations of our tents; and then many groups used their imagination with natural materials to act as tent pegs to secure the shape and structure of a stable tent. Well done everyone!
We are at the end of the cross-country season and to celebrate our success and our love of running, we enjoyed a very special final event at Sizergh Barn on Friday afternoon.
This week, we left school to run the farm trail accompanied by our two very keen running enthusiasts and coaches, Mrs Mason and Mrs Coker. Afterwards, we enjoyed hot chocolate and cakes whilst watching the cows in the milking parlour. Each member of running club received a medal and certificate for their determination, resilience and progress over the last few weeks.
Good luck to Oscar, who later this week represents Cumbria at the National Cross-country championships! Go for Gold!
We had a wonderful day on Friday – all organised by our amazing School Council.
During the week, pupils had been given the opportunity to buy red noses. Then on Friday we dressed in our pjs, enjoyed delicious cakes purchased during our breaktime cake sale and many pupils entered our ‘Design a new Red Nose’ Competition.
Today, School Council met to count all the money that had been raised – an incredible £159! Thank you to everyone who baked, bought red noses, entered our competition and dressed up on the day – A great Levens’ team effort!
Thank you to all those of you who came to join us for our outdoor nature craft Toddler Taster session this morning. The children had lots of fun exploring in the mud kitchen, making clay faces with natural objects, flower crowns, stick people and transient art using natural objects!
Mrs Farraday doesn’t often receive phone calls offering school money…but this is exactly what happened yesterday! Sampool Caravan Park held a fundraising event recently. They wanted to support a local organisation with the proceeds and chose us. Angela and Steven presented us with a huge cheque for £249.00 in a special assembly today. We did a wonderfully rousing three cheers and thanked them for their generosity. Mrs Farraday’s already thinking how best to spend the money and we will let the home owners and staff at Sampool know as soon as we’ve decided.
Thank you so much!
The aim of World Book Day is to celebrate authors, books, illustrators and – of course – reading! That is exactly what we have been doing today. This year, instead of dressing up we challenged the pupils to create a wooden spoon book character … and they rose the this challenge WONDERFULLY! We have also been busy doing book activities in class and shared books together in our family groups. Thank you to all families who helped and worked together on this project. One winner from each class will be announced in tomorrow’s Celebration Assembly. Take a look at their creations here.
Everyone had such an amazing time at our school disco on Thursday evening. Thank you to School Council who took money on the door, served refreshments, organised games for everyone and even cleaned up at the end. Great work and a wonderful evening for all.
Huge thanks to Paul and Hannah for doing the disco!
We have been looking at different types of maps in Scafell this week to make comparisons between physical and human features in Edinburgh and Kendal. We also looked at very old maps of these areas to see how they have changed over time and developed our geographical vocabulary to describe these settlements and the surrounding environments. These included: urban, rural, industrial, tourism, hills, fells, suburban, congestion, farming etc.
Some of the children in Year One spent their guided reading session this afternoon learning all about letters and how they travel through the post. This included the journey of a letter going overseas.
They then wrote letters to each other and we enjoyed a sunny walk down to the postbox to post them. They are wondering how long it will take them to arrive…
We all enjoyed a wonderful three days in Edinburgh just before the halfterm holidays. Highlights included: pandas at Edinburgh Zoo; dinner at Nando’s; Robots at the Scottish National Museum; Mrs Mason’s quiz-night; a mirrored-maze at Camera Obscura; and super volcanoes at Dynamic Earth.
The trip provided a range of amazing experiences enriching our learning in the classroom and extending our knowledge and understanding of our world. We each walked a staggering 50,000 steps, but no one complained! Our days were full of laughter and smiles. The Scafell team were fantastic friends to one another, as well as incredible ambassadors of our school, with many positive comments received from members of the public and museum staff alike. Well done everyone!
